Sep 14 2012
The deaths of the US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other consular staff on Tuesday September 11th has sparked a strong reaction from Washington, with the deployment of US Marines, warships, and unmanned drones to the area. The US Embassy in Benghazi was attacked by a rocket propelled grenade leading to the deaths, possibly by asphyxiation, of Ambassador …
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Sep 14 2012
The California Science Center (CSC) in South Los Angeles will soon be home to the newly retired space shuttle, Endeavor. Throughout its 25 missions over twenty years, the shuttle has circumnavigated the globe roughly 4,600 times. After reaching its destination in LA on September 20th, the Endeavor will travel from LAX to the California Science Center in a much anticipated …
Sep 14 2012
After a six year wait and an investment of over $4 billion dollars, Shell was finally granted the right to drill in the Arctic Ocean by the U.S. Department of the Interior this past month. On September 9th, Shell drilled its first well into the pristine waters of the Chukchi Sea 70 miles off the coast of Alaska. The drilling …
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Sep 14 2012
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, and …
Sep 14 2012
“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed [and] if we are not willing [to change], we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.” — Jacques Cousteau …
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Sep 14 2012
SANAA, Yemen — American unrest escalated in the Middle East on Thursday as demonstrators burned U.S. flags in Yemen and protesters descended on the embassy in Cairo for a third straight day.
Security was increased at American embassies and consulates around the world after a mob of Libyans attacked the U.S. Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing American Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Wanis el-Sharef, eastern Libya’s deputy interior minister, said Thursday the …
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Sep 13 2012
One of the most important offices to be decided by voters in Los Angeles county this coming November will be for District Attorney. The two candidates vying for the position currently held by Steve Cooley are Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson and Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey. The candidates were chosen after a June primary in which Lacey beat out Jackson with 32% of the vote. Jackson came in …
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Sep 13 2012
Check out Yel Air, is a jazz pop band from Los Angeles!
We played their song “Some People Have It” on today’s show.
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Sep 13 2012
Twenty five thousand teachers in Chicago, Illinois have entered their fourth day of a major strike. Three hundred and fifty thousand students who were less than a week into their new school year in the US’s third largest school district, have had to stop attending classes. Negotiations have been going on since June between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and …
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Sep 13 2012
Hundreds of home owners and renters led by the Right to The City Los Angeles, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and Occupy Los Angeles marched through the streets of Pasadena yesterday armed with buckets and brooms to the regional headquarters of Fannie Mae to “clean house.” The protesters, many of whom have faced foreclosure or have been evicted due …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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